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Run serverless code with Azure Functions - Azure Tutorial
From the course: Azure: Understanding the Big Picture
Run serverless code with Azure Functions
- [Instructor] Azure functions is a solution for easily running small pieces of code in the cloud. You can write just the code you need for the problem at hand without worrying about creating a whole application or building the infrastructure to run it. Azure Functions is a serverless compute service that lets you run event driven code without needing to provision or manage servers. Despite the term, serverless, servers are still involved. However, the responsibility of managing these servers and infrastructure falls on the cloud provider, not the end user. The compute resources are allocated dynamically and automatically scaled to meet varying demands. This means the server runs only when the code is executed. Serverless doesn't mean no server, but rather less server, as servers run only when needed. You can write your function code in your preferred language using your favorite development tools, and then deploy your code to the Azure Cloud. You can write your code in any of these…
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